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Breaking long silence to ask for mega purrs for Abelard, who may be dying. I
have lurked here occasionally but still did not feel right about posting.
And now, I must ask for purrs for my little guy.
It started a bit after 12 noon, Aby was laying in my lap, all seemed well,
then suddenly he...

Any ladies in or near Minnesota who love cats? I have 2 but have had as
many as 5. Can't seem to connect with anyone here. I'm 48, nice
looking, 5'9" and about 185 lbs. Pic available! I travel on business
and would enjoy meeting you. This summer I will be in Mason City, IA,
Sioux Falls, SD,...

Today, I heard a big commotion and a series of loud distressed squeals
coming from the kitchen. I thought that maybe a large bird had gotten
trapped in the range hood duct or something. I knew it wasn't another
cat, because the resident guard-cat, Buster, was cowering.
What I saw was Dot...

(AP Newswire Story #29837461 7/31/07)
wrote in message;
Recent research has shown that the average lifespan of domesticated animals
are up to 6 years less than those of their feral counterparts. The findings
of this research highlight the hypocrisy and...

I have this neighbor who seems to be convinced that I'm starving my cat.
Her concern was touching at first, but now it's just getting annoying.
A bit insulting, too.
If you've followed my story about Smudge conning the neighbors out of
food and treats, you can jump over the next several...

Hello fellow cat lovers,
I am a relatively new poster, here. However my cat loving credentials
are sound. I am the servant/human mother of Panther, a sixteen-year
old neutered male, and recently of Francesca, a seven month old brown
classic tabby female, soon to be spayed. Until late this March,...

I had a question about an odd thing my cat did recently. I actually
got the answer already, from reading the rec.pets.cats groups. But
this has left me with another question, about sense of smell.
First, the story: I have a 9-month old neutered tom called Toby. He
had something stuck to his chest...

Strictly speaking they have the dropped kerb in front of their property that
allows me to get my car out.
They continually block it and get annoyed if I ask them to move their car so
I can get mine out.
On Wednesday I asked them once again and I had to hop with my bad foot
around to their house...

My brother, who is still in the Philippines, was found by his maid in his
bedroom this morning, unable to move or talk. He was transferred to a
hospital where he is now able to talk a little bit but still can't get up
out of the bed. He is refusing all help, they do have an IV going but he is
not...

Its already 9/11 here.
The exact time the tragic events unfolded 10 years ago will start at just
after 11pm, my time and the horror story that unfolded over the next few
hours will run well into tomorrow morning for me. I know for most of you,
its still at least a few hours away, but I wanted...

My neighbor who watches her and feeds her noticed that she wasn't
eating, had lost weight, and was acting listless. I brought her to
the vet yesterday and the vet felt "a mass" in her abdomen. Today
she had an ultrasound, and they found metastasized cancer in her
small intestine and throughout her...

So I thought I should get out more so I went along to it. We play scrabble
and dominoes and can do jigsaws if we want to, some are doing a 1000 piece
which will take them weeks as we only have two hours.
They are all nice. I was demolished at dominoes last week by a 90 yo.
I am by far the...

I think that there's something very special about a cat's touch. We
know that petting a cat has been shown to reduce stress and calm the
heart. But I also discovered that touching a cat can impart an
impression that will stay with you for a long time.
Since Betty died over six months ago, the...

http://www.ajc.com/thursday/content/epaper/editions/thursday/metro_047cee15d21532af0052.html
Buckhead lynx takes bait: A chicken snack
Breeder set trap that brought wildcat home
Milo Ippolito - Staff
Sasquatch, the missing lynx, is back home in Buckhead, though

Let me preface this by saying that I love my mother. She is a good
person, she's kind-hearted, and she doesn't mean to hurt anyone.
It's just that she seems to have no filter between her brain and her
mouth.
So yesterday, I'm on the phone with my parents. I tell them I was
going to get a few...

Here's an update about Natasha, my 16 year-old mistress
who spent one Friday morning about 10 days ago coating my house in
vomit.
Today was the re-test of her out-of-spec blood test results (kidney
and pancreas). TED said at the time that just about anything could
have caused the kidney and...

When I was a kid I was harrassed, and beaten up by both Irish and black bullies who picked on me for being Jewish. I grew to hate the irish and the blacks but what was funny about it was although I was lonely and alienated because of the treatment I was getting every day in school, it was always...

Mine don't like it. I leave it on the the bedroom when it's over 90
but they're never in it when I get home. Mostly they just plop on the
floor somewhere. I'm just wasting money so I think I'll just leave the
fan going when it gets hot.
Does anyone have cats that do appreciate a/c?

I posted a while back about my brother's cat, Samantha, and how her CRF
was getting worse. It's now progressed to the point that she hasn't
eaten anything but a couple tablespoons of yogurt for the last three
days. Looks like her time is approaching. Samantha and my brother could
both use some...

I have a kitten, about 4 1/2 weeks old, and it has had many problems for the
last couple of weeks. When it was born it was a normal size, the same as the
rest, and just recently it has gotten smaller than the rest, is normally fat
at the stomache but has very skinny legs and backbones, and has had...